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Spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 4313 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located about 50 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 15, 1784.[3] NGC 4313 is a member of the Virgo Cluster[4][5] and is classified as LINER[2][6] and as a Seyfert galaxy.[6]
NGC 4313 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Virgo |
Right ascension | 12h 22m 38.5s[1] |
Declination | 11° 48′ 03″[1] |
Redshift | 0.004813[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1443 km/s[1] |
Distance | 47.1 Mly (14.45 Mpc)[1] |
Group or cluster | Virgo Cluster |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.5[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SA(rs)ab[1] |
Size | ~77,000 ly (23.7 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 4.99 x 0.79[1] |
Other designations | |
UGC 07445, VCC 0570, PGC 040105, MCG +02-32-016[1] |
NGC 4313 has undergone ram-pressure stripping in the past.[7]
NGC 4313 may harbor an intermediate-mass black hole with an estimated mass of 200,000 (2*10^5) solar masses.[8]
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